Cardi B‘s latest album has solidified her legacy as one of the greatest (if not most impactful) female rappers of all time.
Am I the Drama?, the Bronx superstar’s long-awaited sophomore effort, has debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 after earning 200,000 first-week units.
Of that figure, 110,000 came from streaming activity (145.72 million on-demand streams) while 88,000 was from pure sales.
Cardi is now the first female rapper in history to debut atop the chart with her first two albums after her blockbuster 2018 debut Invasion of Privacy entered at number one with 255,000 first-week sales.
Not even her bitter rival Nicki Minaj, whose 2010 debut Pink Friday initially charted at number two on the Billboard 200, managed to achieve the feat.
Bardi also boasts the highest sales tally by a female rapper in 2025 and fourth-most among all rappers, behind only Playboi Carti (MUSIC, 298,000), Drake ($ome $exy $ongs 4 U, 246,000) and Travis Scott (JackBoys 2, 232,000).
In the scope of female hip-hop history, Am I the Drama? is already one of the biggest debuting albums, placing 11th on the all-time list of biggest first-week sales.
Leading that list is Lauryn Hill‘s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with 422,000 copies, followed by Nicki’s Pink Friday with 375,000 and Missy Elliott‘s Under Construction with 259,000.
If Am I the Drama? reclaims the top spot on next week’s chart, Cardi will become the first female rapper since Lauryn Hill in 1998 to top the Billboard 200 for consecutive weeks.
Am I the Drama? is also making its presence felt in terms of plaques having recently been certified platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), an award given to records that have sold at least a million units domestically.
That’s largely thanks to the inclusion of previously released singles “WAP” and “Up,” which are already 9x platinum and 5x platinum, respectively.
If you’re wondering how an album that sold 200,000 copies has been certified platinum, that’s because Billboard no longer counts existing singles towards a project’s first-week sales.
Hip Hop Is Dead. She isn’t impactful. She’s just MeTHOTical Rapper. She puts the Ho in Hoes.
She sucks
This is the perfect example of why real talented artist don’t prevail in today’s music world. This payola b.s. have ruined music. This article is basically celebrating mediocrity, when there are talented female rappers who are being muted by the industry who claim they are looking for talent.
When is this bish gonna show us her titties?
Barti in a car be careful her cups talk to you know who people on your time don’t need any rules to ghosting the rap game
Shit reads like a press release for the record companies
LMAO. This is an Ad.
Cardi B as one of the greatest female MC’s of all time is a factually untrue statement lmao
😂😂😂
This article is a perfect example of why this website is in shambles. Cardi b makes music for the Low IQ people out there
Farti B is trash as a person and as an “artist”. Her music is just like her, tacky, ignorant and fake
If Missy or Lauren Hill were to come back outside today, Cardi B would be taking a backseat. I really feel that one of these true female emcees need to come back outside and do what Kendrick did for the males as in Watching the Party Die. I truly feel that Nicki, Megan, Cardi and a slew of other female artists don’t respect the music. WAP is not going to do it for the true audience. It is just the same as these knuckleheads rappers like Lil Baby, Young Thug, 21 Savage who don’t really be saying anything in their raps.
Making an argument for someone being the GOAT based on album sales is the dumbest shit ever. Whoever wrote this article either doesn’t know shit about hip hop or simply got paid to write this bullshit. No wonder this website is dead.
she said “WAP and up, will not count for album sales.” yes, they will and they did. none of his singles are making any noise.
she said “wap and up won’t count towards album to sale” yes. they did. none of her new music is making any noise. its all on the back of those 3-4 year old singles.
Marketing was impeccable, the album on the other hand is meehh
Wow. Being crowned a “GOAT” based on sales alone. Nothing about the QUALITY of the music and her contribution to the culture. I was a Cardi fan back in 2018 — she had a new sound was very authentic and vulnerable on the mic. Most of that is gone, she has good but repetitive production over nonsense “I have the best pu$$y, you’re poor and I’m rich” lyrics for like 20 tracks. A few standout moments where she has the tracks about her relationship with Offset. Outside of that…she has really stopped growing and has fallen off as an artist.,
Its pop music teenaged girls who don’t know better listen to cardi b and thats fine but read the room don’t act as if you don’t know why this lady gets over
If Cardi really is the goat, then women should be banned from ever rapping again.
dude who wrote the essay dont even believe that bullshit. cardi b drugs and robs men. dudes who listen to her music take it up the booty. no straight guy listens to this shit